# Gänsekeulen

This recipe provides really juicy goose legs, achieved by brining them for 24 hours and then braising them classically with root vegetables, red wine, juniper, and piment.

- Cuisine: German
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4 pieces Gänsekeulen
- 40 g Salz (for brine)
- 1 l Wasser (for brine)
- 1 Flocke Butter
- 2 pieces Karotten
- 0.5 Stange Lauch
- 50 g Sellerie
- 1 piece weiße Zwiebel
- 1 EL Tomatenmark
- 1 EL Mehl
- 150 ml Rotwein
- 1.5 l Wasser
- 6 pieces Wacholderbeeren
- 6 pieces Pimentkörner
- Salz
- Schwarzer Pfeffer
- Mondamin

## Instructions

1. Prepare a brine with 40g of salt per 1 liter of water.
2. Place the 4 goose legs (approx. 350g each) in the brine and let them soak for 24 hours, preferably thawing them in the brine overnight.
3. Braise the goose legs classically with root vegetables (2 carrots, ½ leek, 50g celery, 1 white onion), red wine (150ml), juniper berries (6 pieces), and piment grains (6 pieces).
4. Add 1 tablespoon of tomato paste, 1 tablespoon of flour, and 1.5 liters of water.
5. Cook slowly to achieve a dark, rich sauce.
6. Season with salt and black pepper.
7. Thicken the sauce with Mondamin if desired.
8. Finish the dish with a knob of butter.

## Tips

- The key to juicy goose legs is a simple brine (40g salt per 1L water) for 24 hours, preferably thawing the legs directly in it overnight.
- After braising, add a knob of butter at the end for flavor.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DScLQs0ApVH/?igsh=bGEyZ2FndTBwdXI5
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/8c5caf75-8141-4023-b6ef-127e48b526e2
- Extracted: 2025-12-19

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